Trap



NOV. 10, 1931. '5, SMDER 1,831,688

TRAP

Filedl 'July 24, 1929 .B. E. sly/D5,?

' INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 10, 1931 A'TENroF BENJIMEN E. 'SNIIDER, OF HEMET, CALIFORNIA TRAP ' Applicationfiled'J'uly 24-, 1929. sa N0. 380,619.

My resent invention has reference to improved construction of traps for catching vermin, such as rats or the like. i

An object of the invention is to provide a 5 trap which will automatically reset itself after catching a rat or mouse, as well as one in which the same bait may be employed for a comparatively great length of time, inasmuch as the bait is never consumed by the animals, so that the bait will be sufficient for a number of catches.

A stillfurther object is the provision ofa trap whose body is designed to contain therein a quantity of water or like exterminating fluid, whose top is in the nature of'a-fhin'ged and latchedring provided with an upstanding rear and side wall, the rear wall being rovided with a compartment in which the bait box is swing-ably supported and likewise in which there is pivotally supporteda combined trigger and catch for a disc whichjis hingedly secured in the ring and afi'ord'sa false top for the body, together with adjustable weighted means. for returning the false top to a position tobe engaged by the latch after, the animal has contacted with the bait in the box and swung-the trigger to release the latch and thereby permit of the weight of the animal tilting the false top and precipitating the animal into the body of the trap, together with a handle that affords steps whereby the animal may travel onto the false top or trap door, and which handle, when swung to horizontallposition releases the catch means betweenthe top and the body so that the trapped animals may be readily removed from the body.

To the attainmentof the, foregoing and other objects which will'present, themselves as the nature of the invention is better understood, the improvement further resides'in certain other novel features of construction, combination and operative association of parts, one satisfactory embodiment of which is disclosed by the accompanying drawings. "Inthe drawings p Figure 1 is a central longitudinal sectional view through a trap in accordance with'tbis invention. I p I v p Flgure 2 1s a top plan-view thereof.

swung to uhorizcntal position.

Flea Y Figure ia is a1detail sectional viewon the line 3'3 of Figure '1.

Figure lis a fragmentary perspective View through the upper portion of the trap.

Figure 5 is a perspective View to illustrate Y in detail .the parts arranged in the outer compartment of the trap and the said parts being separated. i

In carrying out my invention I provide a preferably cylindrical bodyl that has a closed "bottom andanopen top. In the. cy-

lindrical body there isarranged a quantity of water or vermln exterm nating fluid 2; the said body belng preferably provided with a continuous rib' '3 Whereby' the'level of the fluid "2 is determined.

There is hingedly secured, as at 1', to the op entop' of the body "1 a ring jtop 5. The ring topianay be flanged, or at any event has on its edge opposite that provided with the hinge 1 adepending portion or flange 6 Ithatcarriesalugto which is pivoted a curved catchmember 7 The tooth 8 of this catch member? is designed to engagejwith a lug 9; formed on. the bodyl, and the rounded body ofthe catch member in the path of contact with a handle .10, which is pivoted, I

as at 11, to brackets 12 that are fixed on thebody 1, when the said handle member v v thus swinging the handlemeinber it will be obvious'that the ,catch 7 is swung to release position so that the ring top 5 of the body 1 may be'swun'g to open position. The outer .edge of the handle 10 is notched to provide the same with steps 13. When the device is inoperative position the outer or free end of the handle-preferably rests on the floor on which thei body 1 is supported and the steps lilof the normally angularly arranged handle. afford means whereby 'mice or. rats may travel/on the steps thereof and onto thering top 5 of thetrap. The ring top 5 is provided at its rear and along its sides with an upstanding flange 14: and between the sides and rear of the flange 14 lJllBlHlS arrangeda compartment 15. The upper wall leof this compartment is fixedly secured to the jflange- 14, but the outer and vertical wall and onto the false bottom .37.

Secured to the top 16 of the compartment- 15 through the medium of ,a bolt ,or, screw 22 there is the headed portion of a depending arm 23. Thehead, outwardiofthearm is formed with a lug 24 that isgreteivcd inand pivotally .secured to the bifurcated .end 25 of an arm or plate:2.6 upon whichthe-bait box 27 is secured. The bait boxzha-s, its outer face provided with an opening 28 .that is arranged opposite the opening 19in the door 17 and the box 27 is filled witlrcheese.orlike bait.

Pivotally secured-to the lower-end ofthe arm 23 thereis a combined triggeizmember and catch. Thismember is broadlyzindicated by the numeral .30 vand-the .bodythereof is of substantiallyelliptical formation. One end of the body isf-ormed with atransverse bar 31 which is in the nature ofatrigger the same being disposed directly ,to the rear of the bait ,box 27 so that .the.membe r ,3O will be swung upon its pivotal connection32 with the arm 23 when thebaitflboxis swung Yinwardly by the muzzlepf an -animalinserte'd through the opening .19. and .into the ,opening 28 in the bait box :27. The second end ofthe member isformed with a weighted extension Y33 and inward of-thetsaid extension the member 30 .is notchedto provide the same with a. shoulder 34. The edge Qfthe member 30 between the shoulder 34 and the weighted extension is rounded, as indicated 'hythe numeral 3.5,.an'd on the shoulder 34 there is designed to rnormally restalip 36 that is formed on theedge ofa 'disc..37 that provides the false top .ortrap .door of the trap. The trap door .is .received v.in the ring top 5 and is hingedly secured the-reto. ;as indicated by the numeral 38 Tooneside of the hinge and likewise to one side of the handle 10 there is fixed on the top of the trap door,37 .an arm 39 wihichis -preferably offset and which has itsyouter lend rounded and threaded, as at 40, andonthi's threaded end there is screwed a weight 41, Thus the weight 41 is adjustable that the trap may be set to catch different sizes or'dilfereut weights of animals.

Theanimalattracted by thebait in-theba-it box 27 will travel up the stepped handle .10 The animal will naturally attempt to secure the bail; ,in the bait box 27 and to do .this :he must insert the dotted line position in Figure 1 of the its iniiial p0sition,-causing the lip 36 to travel .over. therounded edge of'theelement 30 .andthns it .will be, noted that the trap autoby. the contact of said door with an arched .top. 5.and.thetrap door '37to be'swung onthe his muzzle through the opening 19 in the door 17 of the compartment 15 and likewise into the opening 28 in the bait box 27. Thus a pressure will be naturally exterted against the bait box for causing the same to swing and to contact with the trigger 31, and by swinging theelement .30 on its pivot 32 to bring its shoulder or catch 34 away from the lip 36 on the trap door 37, causing the weight of the animal to swing the trap door 37 to drawings and thus precipitate the animal i-nto the fluid 2 in the body 1 of the trap.

.The Weight 41 will return the trap door to matically resets itself. The swinging of the trap door into the body of the trap is limited finger 42-which has one end fixed to the ring top 5. .Aspreviouslysstated, the horizontal swinging of the handle 10lwill move thelatch .T-to unlatching.position, permitting the ring .90 hinge 4 to open position sothat thefdrowned animalsymay be removedffromthe body of the trap; v

E'lhe-construction and advantages of my improvement will, .it is thought, be .under- 395 stood,andappreciated bythose. skilled in the -art. so that further-detail description will not .bereqiiired. It is believed, however, necessaljyto state that ldo-not wish -to be restricted to ,theprec'ise details hereinset forth- 0 and, therefore, hold anyself .entiled tomake suchchanges therefrom as fairly .fall within the scope ofiwhatflelaim.

What.is .claimedis '1. JA trap including. a hollow body, a trap r Z5106 door hingedly secured tothe top of the body,

,apivotally supporteddepending baitbox suspended over'the trap door, adjacent to the rearand non hinged portion thereof, a pivo,tal ly supported, weighted trigger. influenced (1110 by'the-weight thereofto contact with the rear of thebait box and having a 'lipportion to underlieand supportthe trap door innormal closedposition.

2. Atrap comprising a water receptacle, a ring-top .hingedlysecured to the mouth of the receptacle, said ring, at its hingedend, having a compartment provided with an qpening, .a bait box zhingedly secured in the compartment 1 and disposed opposite the opening, a "hinge'dlysupported trap .door on the ring, a weighted pivotally supported :trigger .swingable-to contact with the bait box-toihold thesame opposite the opening in the ..compartment and having a shouldered portion to underlie and normally sustain the trap door .in' thezring top. v

. 53.. A .trap comprising a cylindrical body to be partly filled with a fluid, a ring member hingedly seoured to the top of the body and 5139 extending inwardly thereof, an upstanding flange at the hinged end of the ring extending partly along the sides thereof, a compartment fixed to the flange at the rear thereof and having an open front, a hinged member provided with an opening for closing the front of the compartment, a bait box suspended from the top of the compartment and having its bait containing portion disposed opposite the opening, a trigger member pivoted in the compartment including an arm to contact with the rear of the bait box to hold the same opposite the opening and having its other arm weighted, formed with a shoulder and extending into the container, a disc comprising a trap door hinged to the top, a weight carrying arm at the hinged end of the trap door for influencing the same toward the compartment and the bait box and for likewise causing the shoulder on the trigger to contact and support the trap door in closed position, a catch member pivotally secured to the non-hinged end of the ring top and the body having a lug engaged thereby and a stepped member pivotally securedtothe body, normally depending at an angle therefrom, and designed when swung toward the body to contact with and release the catch.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

BENJIMEN E. SNIDER. 

